Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Unraveling The Healthcare Enterprise Content Management Acronym Mysteries
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Wikipedia states that an electronic medical record (EMR) is a medical record in digital format. It further states that EMR is considered to be one of several types of EHRs (Electronic Health Records) and categorizes Practice Management Software (PMS) as a category of software that deals with the day to day operations of a medical practice while defining a Document Management System (DMS) as a computer system used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. Is it little wonder why those in the healthcare industry (as well as the rest of us) may be confused with Enterprise Content Management terminology for the healthcare industry?
